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And you thought that you could only set an image as desktop background. Erik can teach you how creativity mixed with Linux can let you set a Matrix wallpaper as your desktop background. There are many other ways available, but I thought this one was simplest and also geeky.You can also set movie shot as your wallpaper in windows also but that will be without the sounds. For that, you first need to capture the screen shots of the movie. You can do it in Windows Movie Maker .

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As the rumored launch date of Palm’s Foleo draws closer, it follows logic that the pieces would start to come together regarding the innards of this thing. Shortly after naming Wind River Systems as its preferred Linux provider, Palm is reportedly divulging details about the specifications to developers at the LinuxWorld conference. Under the hood will supposedly be goodies such as a 416MHz Intel / Marvell PXA27x processor, Marathon 2700G graphics accelerator with video output, 128MB of RAM “for holding currently running applications, and 256MB of non-volatile memory,” a CompactFlash… Continue Reading»

Lenovo, the no. 3 personal computer maker in the world, has just dropped news that they will be introducing a new line of laptops that will not be powered by Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system, instead settling on Linux. This effectively sets the tone of being the strongest endorsement of open-source software by a major computer maker to date. Microsoft might be the number one operating system in the world (and have been for quite some time already, sitting in more than 90% of the computers in the world), but Linux blows its trumpet by… Continue Reading»

Valleywag realizes that Google will not likely do phone hardware themselves. Whatever. As long as it supports the software, hopefully some shiny Mobile Google OS, we’re interested. Either way, this is what the WSJ and Reuters said today:•”Now it is drafting specifications for phones that can display all of Google’s mobile applications at their best, and it is developing new software to run on them. The company is conducting much of the development work at a facility in Boston, and is working on a sophisticated new Web browser for… Continue Reading»